I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“In 1866, Congress enforced the abolition of slavery by passing a Civil Rights Act, prohibiting actions that it deemed perpetuated the characteristics of slavery.…

— Richard Rothstein

I would have to say all of the civil rights acts, because there were three, and even, say, the Immigration Act, which I think…

— Lynda Bird Johnson Robb

“These and other measures, however, seemed relatively inconsequential in 1965 compared to a Big Four that passed by the end of the session: federal…

— James T. Patterson

“The House adjourned without voting on the bill, but the following year a similar bill—mandating equality in hotels and restaurants open to the public,…

— H.W. Brands

This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

— Henry Rollins

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

— Ronald Reagan

We know that there were so many Japanese American soldiers in World War II who were fighting in Europe despite the fact that their…

— Tamlyn Tomita

Persistence. Change doesn't happen overnight. You have to stay with it. Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement in earnest in 1955. Then…

— Kabir Sehgal

Race is not the stumbling block to progress it once was, in large part because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal…

— Norah Vincent

This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges…

— Stephanie Cutter

A black man of my generation born in the late 1960s is more than twice as likely to go to prison in his lifetime…

— James Forman, Jr

It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the Civil Rights…

— Thomas Perez

We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.

— Clarence Thomas

On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the history of…

— Thomas Perez